Building construction



N. NAND w. E. LYONS. BuNmNs coNsmucnoN.

APPUCATION FILED APRZG. 1920.

Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

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ROBERT NEWTON LYONSVAND WALTER Enti/TinI tiroirs; or Wiiiiviriie', MANITOBA-,1. e

"CANADA.

I' nninnme oONsrnUoTroN. f

Lalanne. i'

To all whom tmay concern: r1 E T A- i Be t known that vvve, ROB n lTnivroN LY oNs and WALTER-EDWIN LYoNs, both of the city of ldinnipege1 inthe Province ofY Manitoba, Canada, have `invented certain new and useul Improvements V in Building Construction7 ofwhich the followingis the spe'cii'cation.

The invention relates` to improvements in building construction, particularly yto fa double Wallhaving an airv space there-betiveen andl the objectsl of the inventionare i ycan be all readily placed in .position `during the building operation andsuchv that the- I completed-double Wall will be amply. rein- Yforced and will presentiy `from the exterior `a regular appearance with the joints be' tween the blocks inthe various courses regularly alternating. r y A Vfurther ob'ect of vtheinvention is to provide a specially,.constructed tie block for effectively tying the inner and outer Walls together and constructedto' vminimize' `the passage of moisture or/rost romjivall-,to Wall. ed from cement or such lilreblocks having proper provision therein for nailing the ,customary interior strapping. l

With the'above more iinpoi'tantobjects in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described andA Fig; 5 is a perspective View of one Ot' the tie blocks. Y y

Fig. 6 is a perspective vieiv of one 'of the Outer notched blocks.

Y inner 4strapping blocks.'

Afurther object is' to `provide ivall torm-` 'Specieatonof Leeters Patent f w Application inea-April 26.1920. v`serialNo.'energie' i f l Fig.7 is aperspective-view of. one of the n` the drawingvlike?. characters ofL reterf ence indica-te corresponding, parts `in the sev-l eralgures v f V The outer vvall from/'a .plurality Y of similarcenientor such like c onrse" or lreggfulaiy blocks Al..irectangular -in cross sec.- tion` and 'of a predetermined length and a plurality ofspeoial-tie? blocks 2 rectangujlar in cross section and'of thesame length .e

Aas the course7 blocks. .In practice we make kthese blocks sixteen inches'long; four vinches f yWide and six' .inches high and Whenv the ivall is' being builtfthe various courses orlayers are set so that the `jointsgot1 the `lrespective `courses* are" staggerech thereby giving`-v the outer Walla natural appearance as shown in" l .fl The fspecialftie? blocks are-insertedfin; 'l vselectedfconrse's or Alayers and in thepreseiit fi :instance appear' :in every fourth course fof. p

the Outer Wall.. The tie hloclr's-arecon-l v Fig-.1. 'f

structed as show-nbest in Figwvh'ere itfW'ill lbe observed they areoffa T-shape`presenting n Witha i a -bloclr lbody orY head' 3 f provided central'extensionor tie part La The underside of the hodypart; 3v isjpro-fy .vided with the usualrog 5 Whilst the'ex,`

tlie-tie" block isffonr inches Wide andy six A 1 i inches 'high as is also theextension and the extension is live inches long,v this` giving a one, inchf air spa'cle-- between the WallsV as ivill .be later apparent.

frointhe outer Wall is lmade from a number of different types of blockseinbodyingwhat i We choose vto term`frefrularcourse blocks ping blocks 9 and special tnotchedl blocks 1l, special course bloei-lis 12, special strap- 7, it being understood that'v theextensions of the tie blocks enter the: inner Wall `at`f -proper ifoo l courses.' The strapping. blocks 9 (seeFig. 6) are` of theV saine-sizefas the regular blocks of the'outer'wallbut they are notched o 1 n the ends of the regular blocks centered on away centrally at the upper inner corner as indicated at 8. The strapping blocks are the sanie size as the notched blocks 7 with the exception that-they have one end partially cut away as indicated at. 10 to admit of the insertion in thewall of a wooden nailing strip..- l c The regular course blocks 11 of the ini ner wall are the same as the course blocks 1 of the outer wall whilst the special 'course blocks 12 are the saine as the regular course blocks only they are twelve inches long. y Y

The blocks forming the' inner wall are builtnp in successive Vcourses following in the order named specialcourseblocks,

regulai` course blocks, strapping blocks,y

' notched blocks, and the various blocks are provided with the usual frogs for Vbonding purposes. j a l Thetwo walls are built up at ythe same time' and assuming initially that a layer of tie blocks is'laid in the outer wall then a layer of special course blocks 12 is laid for the inner wall, these special course vblocks A12 being placed between the extensions of the tie blocks.`

Here it is to be observed thattlie total length of the special course blocks 12 plus the width of the extension equals sixteen inches which is the length of the regular course blocks of the outerwall. Y

The vfirst layer of the inner and outer wall having been laid one can then build up three successive coursesof the regular blocks' ofY the outer wall, the joints "being staggered as shown in Fig.l l.4 Y

Iiiso far as the inner wall isconcerned a course oi regular blocks 11 is laid on the special blccks1-2 with the joints between the underlying special blocks. A course Yof strapping blocks is next laid on the .regular blocks 11, the joints Vbeing stagygered in respect to said regular blocks and after this isA done a course of notched blocks 7 .is laid,`the notcliesbeing towards the air space between walls and taking a po- Y'sition limmediately opposite the pockets 6 (see Figa). Y j

As the course of "sti-appiiig blocks is laid short wooden strips 13 arein'serted in the cut out corners 10 vand bonded in the inortar cenient7 bonding the blocks.v These strips are exposed yat the inner Vface of the inner wall and provide a convenient means for nailing the customary strappingto the inner free entrance of'air intoathe pocketsV which combined withthe reduced crossY sectional area of the extensions of the -tie blocks, mininiizes to a great extent .the passage of nioisture rfroin the outer walljto the innerVY wall by way of the' extensions'.

What we claim .as our invention is air space between thef walls, courses ofI tie blocks bonded in the outer-wall and 'having Y 1. In a double wallcconstruction having anA each tie blockprovided vwith a'centrallypositioned extension crossing thev airspace and entering` the inner walljand `a, course ot specialV blocks laid between the ends'foi" the extensions and bonded in the inner wall.

2. In a doublel fwallY construction* having yan air space between the walls, courses of tie blocks bonded in the outer Wall, the' said Y tie blocks presentingfheads bonded in the outer wall and extensions extending centrally from the-heads .and pocketed on the underside and witlithe extensions crossing 4the airspace aiidbondedr in the inner wall 'and the pockets communicating with the air space between the walls. j j Y 3. In a double wall construction, courses of tie blocks presentingheads bonded in the outer 'wall and extensions frein the vheads bonded in the inner wall and with thefextensions cut away on the undersides to provide air pockets and courses or' notched blocks lccated in the inner wall and underlying the I extensions and with the inner upper 'edges providing an enlarged entrance to the pocket from the air space between walls. v

'of the notched blocks cut away centrally and l Signed at VVinnipegythis 30th dayV` of I v March, 1920.

vnoisitiir NEWTON LYoNsL WALTER LYONS. In the presence 0-- A` c GERALD S. RoxBURGH, H. R. VVAKEFIELD. 

